Is it a want or a need?

Bill shops with a list.  He keeps a running list of needed items.  When he goes to the store, he gets what he needs.  He comes home.

I graze.  I look.  I think.  I also have a list....but I'm not sure where I put it.  I keep a small notebook in my purse for phrases.  I keep a journal.  I keep receipts.  But when I shop....I look.  And dream.  And I don't need to spend one penny.

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Looking at how items are displayed is as much of the experience as actually buying something.  I really don't need anything, but I love looking how people in charge of displays group items.  

Don't get me wrong-- if I'm going by a yard sale and something catches my eye....I'm there.  I don't like paying full price for ANYTHING....but I try not to buy just to buy.

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I hunted for the refrigerator that I love (and still do) for ten years.   When I found it, I knew it.

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I listened to Susie Orman talk about wants and needs.  If we need something, we buy it.  If you want something, you need to think about it before buying it automatically.

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Things I buy automatically if they are on sale (a really, really, really good sale):

Lamps that give out great light

Sheep (not alive)

Oak chairs

Pretty yarn

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Things I buy because I have no self control:

Fresh magazines (Gun and Garden-- a new favorite)

Clothes that would look cute on my 94 year old mama

Linen clothes that aren't scratchy

Hand cream that smells so good I could eat it

Nesting dolls

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Bill's lists are legendary.  He's a stickler for sticking to his list.  One time when we were first married I sent him to the store to buy 2 lbs. ham.  I meant 2 pounds of hamburger.  He came home with the sweetest little two pound ham I'd ever seen.  "It was really hard finding a ham that little," he stated.  I learned lots about me and about him that day.

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God Bless Us Both.